..According to Indonesian counter-terrorism chief, and the bloody terrorists themselves!

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Asia's most wanted terrorist has warned Australia will be the prime target of new "intimidation and terror" attacks while its troops remain in Iraq.

In a video message found by Indonesian police, Jemaah Islamiah's mastermind Noordin Top urges strikes against Australia and denounces the Prime Minister, John Howard, for leading Australia into tragedy.

The man in the message, identified by Indonesian police as Noordin, wears a ski mask and a pistol at his side. He repeatedly stabs his finger in the air while angrily denouncing the West. "America, Australia, England and Italy are all our enemies," he says. "We especially remind Australia that you, Downer and Howard, are killing Australia, leading it into darkness and tragedy and into mujahideen terror.

"Know that as long as you continue to colonise the land of Iraq and Afghanistan and intimidate Muslims then you too will feel our intimidation and terror."

It is unclear when or how the tape was to be distributed, but officials decided to publicise it to convince Indonesians of the danger posed by Noordin.

Indonesia's counter-terrorism chief, Ansyaad Mbai, said the video was made to attract new recruits. Australia was singled out because "it is very transparent that Australia is regarded as the major supporter of the United States war in Iraq".

I do beleive that terrorism has a lot to do with the US involvement in the middle east over the years but even if we do remove our troops from Iraq the threat to Australia will remain the same as muslims have a deep seeded hate for us.